Di Wang (王笛), Postdoctoral Fellow at Yuelu Academy, Hunan University. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Washington University in St. Louis and a BA from Bryn Mawr College. Her research focuses on comparative early world literature and thought, with a particular emphasis on early China and the Roman Empire. She is currently finalizing her book manuscript, Satirizing Empire, which examines the intellectual roots and cultural contexts that shaped satirical literature in early China and Rome.
Her second project explores the Chinese concept of tianxia and the Latin notion of imperium, tracing their development across a range of literary and intellectual genres, including early cartography, rituals, and mythological and philosophical traditions. In addition to her primary research, she has published translations of early Chinese poetry, studies on modern transnational history, and commentary on contemporary politics. She also contributed to the design of a commemorative landscape in Noyelles-sur-Mer, France, honoring the contributions of the Chinese Labor Corps during World War I.
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